since the card said from the man in the moon. [ laughter ] >> apollo 8 showed everyone up. the sew yets especially. america was leaving the space race, the end of the decade and jfk's deadline quickly approaching. >> neil: our 40th anniversary of being on the moon. fox has specials but "flying to the moon" was superb and inspiring. well done. thank you, colonel. they did the heavy lifting. i went along for the incredible kid in the candy store ride. mark e-mails -- >> neil: justin e-mails -- >> they were heroes and are. kevin in pittsburgh -- >> i'll take what i can get, kevin. carla via yahoo -- >> man, oh, man, i think i can die now. not so fast, because kevin e-mails -- >> i would like to hang on a little while to see if i could. thank you very much. felix in new york city -- >> i do, here is where the preaching comes in. we all have it within to us be great. i hope if you got anything out of this special, o it is this. i'll be blunt. you don't have to be an astronaut to see how many of the leaders have become asses, but the astronauts won't say that, so allow me. they w